UBC understands that the collection of real-world health care data is essential to evaluate the potential impact of therapies or devices in actual practice. UBC has a team of specialists with experience in the design and conduct of studies to gather data in support of health economic evaluations or other economic value story initiatives tailored to sponsor aims and objectives.
The UBC Health Care Data Capture team provides clients with:
- Innovative study designs for efficient and practical national and multi-national data collection;
- Electronic data capture methodologies and infrastructures to ensure that quality data are available for analysis in real-time
- Coordinated project management to ensure that study design aligns precisely with economic model data requirements and value messages
UBC Health Care Data Capture has designed, conducted and published a number of national and international studies and surveys of epidemiological, and health and social service resource use. Whether data are collected to populate economic models or to serve as stand alone burden of illness studies, all research is designed to withstand the rigor of peer review in top-tier medical journals. Our multi-disciplinary team approach combines significant scientific, health economics, outcomes research and registry experience
Health Care Data Capture research includes:
- Surveys
- Retrospective chart reviews
- Observational prospective and cross-sectional studies
- Time and motion studies
- Development of disease-specific and international resource utilization questionnaires
UBC provides secure and reliable in-house data collection capabilities, including:
- Internet-based data entry tools
- Electronic diaries
- DataFax
- Interactive Voice Response Systems (IVRS)
- Call centers